Margaret Ferrier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ferrier on 2015-12-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the current threat from international terrorism to be downgraded from severe.

Mr John Hayes

The UK terrorism threat level is set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC). JTAC operates independently of Ministers and considers all relevant information to assess the threat from international terrorism. Its judgements are made on the basis of the latest intelligence, and it keeps the threat level under constant review.

The current threat level is SEVERE, meaning that an attack is highly likely. Members of the public should remain alert to the danger of terrorism, but they should not let the fear of terrorism stop them from going about their day-to-day life as normal.